King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

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MILITARY ORDERS
Civil war
in Badajoz
was elected Master of Calatrava and passed
away from this place. His successor stood
by the King and the Prince D. Sancho,
as the chronicle says, and the Infant D.
Pedro rose with the towns of Coria, Sala-
manca, and Ciudad Rodrigo and fought the
Master. This is worth the noting, because
later historians have not always seen that
D. Sancho the Bold conceived himself and
his partisans to be on his father’s side, as
against rebels in open rebellion. D. Fer-
nando Perez who followed him was brother
to Suero Paez the Master of Santiago; and
being of Portuguese lineage, in 1286 he
helped (against the rebellious Infant D.
Alonso of Portugal) the King D. Dionis-
D. Dinis, as the chronicler says. In
Badajoz there was a civil war between the
Portuguese and the Bejaranos, and the
men of Bejar, having killed a good many
Portuguese, in self-protection proclaimed
for D. Alonso de la Cerda; and the Masters
and the forces of the Orders from Seville
and Cordova were sent thither to besiege
the city. It surrendered on promise of
life and liberty, but D. Sancho killed every
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